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Mitchell Creek Park

Mitchell Creek Park from directly overhead

Mitchell Creek Park is a park in Michigan, at a modelled elevation of 274 m. Brady Hills stands 313 m to the south-southeast, 21 miles off. The nearest named place is Holland Park, a park 0.1 miles away. 3 named summits stand within 25 miles.

How to reach it

Coordinates43.70029, -85.48341

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
Artworks: 15
  • Anna Howard Shaw: 0.5 mi
  • W.E.T.: 0.6 mi
  • Ferris Arch: 0.8 mi
  • Dimensional Learning: 0.8 mi
  • Totem Stack: 0.8 mi
Nature reserves: 11
Museums: 6
Peaks: 3
Historic sites: 3
Rest areas: 2
  • Big Rapids Rest Area 534: 3.9 mi
  • Morley Rest Area 533: 16.6 mi
Cliffs: 1
  • Clay Cliff: 0.6 mi
Gardens: 1
Attractions: 1
  • Loda Lake National Wildflower Sanctuary: 17.7 mi
Picnic sites: 1

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 25 miles of Mitchell Creek Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Brady HillsSSE 159°313 m20.8 mi
Skidder HillW 263°301 m18.5 mi
Maple HillS 180°273 m23.0 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:4619:1619:54
June solstice06:0120:4421:28
September equinox07:3019:0319:41
December solstice08:1316:2117:08

Local time (America/Detroit).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F202231435565696759473626
Precip in2.42.02.64.03.83.43.54.23.03.83.12.3

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — BIG Rapids WTP, under a mile away.

  • Common Eastern Bumble Bee32 obs
  • White-tailed Deer31 obs
  • Brown Marmorated Stink Bug30 obs
  • Pale Green Assassin Bug28 obs
  • Woodland Fuzzy Ant26 obs
  • Monarch22 obs
  • Asian Lady Beetle21 obs
  • Milkweed Tussock Moth20 obs

Research-grade iNaturalist community observations within 3 km — what people have recorded, not a species inventory.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata

OpenStreetMap element way/493773338

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